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Statutes-Title--Service Of Process On Non-Resident Motorists Oct 1936

Statutes-Title--Service Of Process On Non-Resident Motorists

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Constitutional Law-Due Process--Nonresident Motorist Statute Jun 1936

Constitutional Law-Due Process--Nonresident Motorist Statute

Michigan Law Review

Petition for writ of prohibition on the ground that the notice provided by the Arkansas nonresident motorist statute did not meet the requirements of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The statute required that service of process be had on the secretary of state and that the plaintiff send notice of such service to the nonresident defendant at his last known address by registered letter, and required that the defendant's return receipt or the affidavit of the plaintiff of compliance with the statute be filed in the office of the clerk of court. Held, the statute is …


Automobiles-Registration Of Title-Evidence Of Ownership Jun 1936

Automobiles-Registration Of Title-Evidence Of Ownership

Michigan Law Review

In an action for damages caused by the son's negligent operation of an automobile registered in his father's name, the court affirmed a judgment against the father as an owner consenting to the use of his automobile, and held that evidence of the son's ownership was properly stricken from the record, since unregistered transfers were void. Enfield v. Butler, (Iowa 1935) 264 N. W. 546.


Carriers - Limitation Of Liability For Negligence -True Valuation Agreement Jan 1936

Carriers - Limitation Of Liability For Negligence -True Valuation Agreement

Michigan Law Review

Approximately one-seventh of a shipment of cherries in brine was lost owing to improper stowage. Award of damages was resisted on the ground that the bills of lading provided for adjustment of claims "on the basis of the invoice value of the entire shipment adding expenses necessarily incurred," and that because of favorable market conditions existing at destination the entire value of the sound cherries exceeded the invoice value. Held, the quoted clause was not a genuine limitation agreement, which is valid, but a "true valuation" clause, which, since it may wholly exonerate the carrier from liability for negligence, …